OCR is accepting comments on the Proposed Rule through September 13, 2010. Covered entities, business associates and others affected by the Administrative Simplification Regulations should consider ...

On March 21, 2025, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced a settlement of HIPAA security rule claims involving Health Fitness Corporation (Health ...

With the government gearing up for its HIPAA compliance audits, it’s a good time for covered entities and their business associates to do a HIPAA compliance checkup. The Health Information Technology ...

Melanie Fontes Rainer, HHS OCR director, speaking at a HIPAA summit this week (Image: Marianne Kolbasuk McGee) As the final months of the Biden administration wrap up, regulators at the agency charged ...

The long-overdue final HIPAA omnibus rule was posted on the Federal Register public inspection desk Jan 17. The package of regulations will be officially posted on the Federal Register on Jan. 25. See ...

Rodriguez continued that the modifications "not only greatly enhance a patient’s privacy rights and protections, but also strengthen the ability of my office to vigorously enforce the HIPAA privacy ...

This guide includes everything employers need to know about HIPAA requirements, as well as a HIPAA compliance checklist.

Healthcare technology vendors that create, receive, maintain, or transmit protected health information are obligated under HIPAA and other regulations to implement safeguards to ensure the privacy and ...

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Office for Civil Rights (OCR) has announced a settlement with Guam Memorial Hospital Authority (GMHA), a public hospital on the U.S. Territory, ...

The Department of Health and Human Services has filed proposed modifications to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 security rule to strengthen the cybersecurity of ...

Ben Tercha is COO at Omega Systems, an award-winning managed IT services provider (MSP) and managed security service provider (MSSP). Perhaps tasked with meeting more stringent cybersecurity and ...